The Seattle Ki Society would like to thank all those participants in the 1999 US Open Taigi Competition held this May. We hope to continue to encourage your involvement to further improve our understanding and mastery of taigi. As the judges mentioned in their closing remarks, the execution of taigi has noticeably improved even from last year. After reviewing all judges' score sheet, I have compiled a summary of the results that may provide suggestions on areas for improvement.

2. The taking of ma-ai was the weakest score for most pairs, followed by a unified bow. Almost everyone scored points for staying in bounds and keeping a neat dogi, and only a few missseed points for the entry and exit.

The top ten award points are determined from the average of the kitei score and the highest other taigi score. If only kitei taigi was done, then that score was used. Two pairs placed with only the kitei score. A few errors were found in checking the score sheet, changing the order of the top 10 winners to the following: